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2011 Family Planning Title X Program Fact Sheet

Illinois Department of Human Services
Division of Family & Community Services

Program Description

Target

Low-income individuals of reproductive age.

Eligibility Criteria

Women and adolescents with income of less than 250% of poverty. Women with income below 100% of poverty are not charged.

Purpose

Family Planning Program services are provided to enable individuals the information and means to exercise personal choice in determining the number and spacing of their children through the provision of effective family planning medical services, methods and education (including abstinence).

Education at clinics on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, infertility, birth control, preconceptional health, counseling on pregnancy options and emergency contraception; and

Community education services including presentations for schools and other community groups, consultation and training for professionals and educational outreach for parents and teens.

Program Data

Program Data

SFY09

SFY10

SFY11

Program Expenditures (Numbers in 000's)

$9,956,582.36

$11,212,235.09

$8,824,885.89

Number of Grantees

49

44

38

Number Served

119,182

104,290

102,305

Program Accomplishments

During SFY11, 54 percent of unduplicated clients began Title X visits with no method of birth control and 11 percent ended their visit without birth control. This is 43 percent advancement in the improvement of reproductive health care for Title X clients.

Over 91 percent of unduplicated clients had incomes at or below 150 percent of the FPL exceeding the federal program goal of 85 percent.